3d Armored Division

Order of Battle

The Third Armored Division ( Spearhead Division) was organized as a “heavy” Armored Division, as was its counterpart, the Second Armored Division aka “Hell on Wheels”. Other U.S. Armored Divisions of the time were by smaller by comparison, since in the judgement of U.S. Military Staff, the large Divisions were so large as to be somewhat unwieldy when maneuvering across the European road systems. As a “heavy” division, the 3rd Armored possessed three regiments instead of two, 232 Medium tanks instead of the 168 allotted a light armored division, and with attached units numbered over 16,000 men, instead of the normal 12,000, now found in the lighter armored divisions.
The division’s core units were the 36th Armored Infantry Regiment, the 32nd Armored Regiment, the 33rd Armored Regiment, the 23rd Armored Engineer Battalion, the 83rd Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, and the 143rd Armored Signal Company. During World War II, these were organized into Combat Commands A, B and R (Reserve).
In addition to the core units, a number of other units of various kinds were attached to the division during various operations. As with most American Divisions in World War II, the 3rd Armored suffered heavy casualties, and by the end of the war replacement troops often outnumbered veterans in the line units.

The landing of 3rd Armored Division at France:

Because of so many wrong information about the dates that the 3rd Armored division landed at France here is the correct schedule.
On the 26th and 27th of June the weather was so bad that nothing landed on Omaha White.